On May 4, the new COVID-19 case surpassed the 2,000 mark

According to the Ministry of Health’s statistics, on May 4, there were 2,233 new COVID-19 cases, 130 of which were severe˳

Since the beginning of the epidemic, Vietnam has had 11,567,728 infections, ranking 13/230 countries and territories, while with the rate of infections/1 million people, Vietnam ranks 121/230 countries and territories (on average, there are 116,866 infections for every 1 million people)˳

During the day, 809 cases were announced to be cured, no deaths were recorded˳

Regarding the situation of vaccination against COVID-19, on 3-5 days, no dose of COVID-19 vaccine was administered˳ The total number of vaccine doses administered was 266,240,960 doses˳

Regarding the vaccine data injected at zero, an epidemiologist of the Ministry of Health said that vaccination data updated by localities on the system may be slow, leading to errors˳

According to statistics, in recent days, the number of vaccines being vaccinated is at a high level, on May 2, 15,993 doses of vaccine were administered˳

According to Nguyen Trung Trung – deputy director of the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases, studies on recently infected patients with COVID-19 show that the transmission characteristics and disease progression have not changed much compared to the previous period˳ before˳

“The change is that people have been vaccinated against COVID-19 so when infected, the rate of severe disease and death is lower than before˳

Currently, vaccines are still effective in disease prevention, and no other mutations have been detected, so the current preventive measures are still applied according to the recommendations of the Ministry of Health such as vaccines, masks˳ and disinfect˳

In addition, the symptoms of COVID-19 and seasonal flu are quite similar, so it can be difficult to tell the difference based on symptoms alone˳ People who have symptoms of seasonal flu or respiratory disease should actively wear a mask and keep a distance to avoid spreading the disease to people around, “said Mr˳

Ho Chi Minh City will reactivate field hospital No˳ 13 if severe COVID-19 cases increase

The above information was provided by Mr˳ Nguyen Hong Tam – director of the Center for Disease Control of Ho Chi Minh City – during a press conference providing information on socio-economic issues and COVID-19 prevention information in the afternoon˳ 4-5˳

Currently, the Department of Health of Ho Chi Minh City is ready to activate the No˳ 13 Field Hospital when the Hospital for Tropical Diseases has over 50 severe cases˳

In addition, in order to strengthen the prevention of the COVID-19 epidemic, and especially to effectively implement the “Campaign to protect people in risk groups”, the Department of Health of Ho Chi Minh City has developed plans and proactively review the vaccination status of people in risk groups for COVID-19 when visiting medical facilities˳

Online consultation: Reducing severe complications caused by COVID-19 and summer illness

The number of COVID-19 cases has increased since mid-April until now, leading to the number of deaths˳ After a while the epidemic subsided, many people were confused when a family member had COVID-19, not knowing what to do to avoid serious complications for high-risk groups…